Jefferson vs. Hamilton: Confrontations that Shaped a Nation / Edition 1

by Noble Cunningham, Jr.

Overview

Interweaving more than 40 documents, Jefferson vs. Hamilton follows the lives and careers each man from their youth, through the Revolutionary War, to the death of Hamilton in 1804, focusing on their differing views of society and government in the formative years of the new American nation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312085858
Publisher:	Bedford/St. Martin's
Publication date:	03/17/2000
Series:	Bedford Cultural Editions Series , #1
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

NOBLE E. CUNNINGHAM JR. is Curators Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Missouri, Columbia. With research and writing focused on the early national period of American history, his writings include In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson (1987), The Process of Government under Jefferson (1976), The Image of Thomas Jefferson in the Public Eye (1981), Popular Images of the Presidency from Washington to Lincoln (1991), and The Presidency of James Monroe (1996). He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a senior fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
List of Illustrations

Introduction

1. Different Paths to Fame
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Harvie, January 14, 1760
Alexander Hamilton, Letter to Edward Stevens, November 11, 1769
Thomas Jefferson, A Summary View of the Rights of British America, 1774
Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted, February 23, 1775
James Madison, Summary of Hamiltons Response to the New Jersey and the Virginia Plans, June 18, 1787
Robert Yates, Summary of Hamiltons Response to the New Jersey and the Virginia Plans, June 18, 1787
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, December 20, 1787
Thomas Jefferson, Address to His Neighbors, February 12, 1790

2. Diverging Courses
Alexander Hamilton, Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Public Credit, January 14, 1790
Thomas Jefferson, Account of a Compromise on Assumption and Residence Bills, 1792
Dumas Malone, Assessment of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, 1951
Broadus Mitchell, Assessment of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, 1962

3. Poles Apart on Banks and Factories
Alexander Hamilton, Report on a National Bank, December 14, 1790
Thomas Jefferson, Opinion on the Constitutionality of Establishing a National Bank, February 15, 1791
Alexander Hamilton, Opinion on the Constitutionality of Establishing a National Bank, February 23, 1791
Thomas Jefferson, Notes of a Conversation between A. Hamilton and TH.J., August 13, 1791
Alexander Hamilton, Introduction to the Report on Manufactures, December 5, 1791

4. Conflict in Washingtons Cabinet
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to President George Washington, May 23, 1792
George Washington, Letter to Alexander Hamilton, July 29, 1792
Alexander Hamilton, Letter to Edward Carrington, May 26, 1792
Alexander Hamilton, Letter to George Washington, September 9, 1792
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to George Washington, September 9, 1792
Thomas Jefferson, Resolutions on the Secretary of the Treasury, [before February 27, 1793]

5. Disagreement on Foreign Affairs
Alexander Hamilton, Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, October 6, 1789
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to George Mason, February 4, 1791
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to William Short, January 3, 1793
Kentucky Resolutions of 1798
Alexander Hamilton, Letter to Theodore Sedgwick, February 2, 1799
Alexander Hamilton, Letter to Jonathan Dayton, October-November, 1799
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Elbridge Gerry, January 26, 1799

6. Political Competitors
Alexander Hamilton, Letter to Theodore Sedgwick, May 4, 1800
Alexander Hamilton, Letter to John Jay, May 7, 1800
Alexander Hamilton, Letter to James A. Bayard, December 27, 1800
Alexander Hamilton, Letter to James A. Bayard, January 16, 1801
Thomas Jefferson, Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801

7. Hamilton and President Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson, First Annual Message to Congress, December 8, 1801
Alexander Hamilton, The Examination, Number I, December 17, 1801
Alexander Hamilton, The Examination, Number IX, January 18, 1802
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Robert R. Livingston, April 18, 1802
Alexander Hamilton, Article in the New-York Evening Post, February 8, 1803
Alexander Hamilton, Article in the New-York Evening Post, July 5, 1803
Alexander Hamilton, Letter to Theodore Sedgwick, July 10, 1804

Epilogue: The Legacies of Jefferson and Hamilton

APPENDICES

A Jefferson and Hamilton Chronology (1743-1826)
Selected Bibliography

Index

Editorial Reviews

"Cunningham has composed a well-written, fluid, and engrossing text that covers the major political differences between Jefferson and Hamilton. He has developed a well-defined theme that holds throughout the chapters and one that is very appropriate for an undergraduate audience.... The documents are major strengths; they allow the reader to see Jefferson and Hamilton as real people with real fears and concerns about the world in which they lived."

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